filter_example.module

<?php

/**
 * @file
 * This is an example outlining how a module can be used to define a filter
 * to be run on user-submitted content before it is output to the browser.
 *
 * To show all the capabilities of the filter system, we will define two filters
 * in this module. One will substitute the string "foo" with an administratively-
 * defined replacement string. The other will find a custom XML tag, <time />, and
 * replace it by the current time.
 */

/**
 * Implementation of hook_help().
 *
 * Throughout Drupal, hook_help() is used to display help text at the top of
 * pages. Some other parts of drupal pages get explanatory text from these hooks
 * as well. We use it here to provide a description of the module on the
 * module administration page.
 */
function filter_example_help($section) {
  switch ($section) {
    case 'admin/modules#description':
      // This description is shown in the listing at admin/modules.
      return t('An example module showing how to define a custom filter.');
  }
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_filter_tips().
 *
 * This hook allows filters to provide help text to users during the content
 * editing process. Short tips are provided on the content editing screen, while
 * long tips are provided on a separate linked page. Short tips are optional,
 * but long tips are highly recommended.
 */
function filter_example_filter_tips($delta, $format, $long = FALSE) {
  switch ($delta) {
    case 0:
      if ($long) {
        return t('Every instance of "foo" in the input text will be replaced with "%replacement".', array('%replacement' => variable_get('filter_example_foo_'. $format, 'bar')));
      }
      break;

    case 1:
      if ($long) {
        return t('Every instance of the special &lt;time /&gt; tag will be replaced with the current date and time in the user\'s specified time zone.');
      }
      else {
        return t('Use &lt;time /&gt; to display the current date/time.');
      }
      break;
  }
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_filter().
 *
 * The bulk of filtering work is done here. This hook is quite complicated, so
 * we'll discuss each operation it defines.
 */
function filter_example_filter($op, $delta = 0, $format = -1, $text = '') {
  // The "list" operation provides the module an opportunity to declare both how
  // many filters it defines and a human-readable name for each filter. Note that
  // the returned name should be passed through t() for translation.
  if ($op == 'list') {
    return array(
      0 => t('Substitute "foo"'),
      1 => t('Current time'));
  }

  // All operations besides "list" provide a $delta argument so we know which
  // filter they refer to. We'll switch on that argument now so that we can
  // discuss each filter in turn.
  switch ($delta) {

    // First we define the simple string substitution filter.
    case 0:

      switch ($op) {
        // This description is shown in the administrative interface, unlike the
        // filter tips which are shown in the content editing interface.
        case 'description':
          return t('Substitutes a custom string for the string "foo" in the text.');

        // We don't need the "prepare" operation for this filter, but it's required
        // to at least return the input text as-is.
        case 'prepare':
          return $text;

        // The actual filtering is performed here. The supplied text should be
        // returned, once any necessary substitutions have taken place.
        case 'process':
          return str_replace('foo', variable_get("filter_example_foo_$format", 'bar'), $text);

        // Since we allow the administrator to define the string that gets
        // substituted when "foo" is encountered, we need to provide an
        // interface for this customization. Note that the value of $format
        // needs to be provided as part of the form name, so that different
        // customization can be done for this filter in each of the different
        // input formats that may use it.
        case 'settings':
          $form['filter_example'] = array(
            '#type' => 'fieldset',
            '#title' => t('Foo filter'),
            '#collapsible' => TRUE,
            '#collapsed' => TRUE,
          );
          $form['filter_example']["filter_example_foo_$format"] = array(
            '#type' => 'textfield',
            '#title' => t('Substitution string'),
            '#default_value' => variable_get("filter_example_foo_$format", 'bar'),
            '#description' => t('The string to substitute for "foo" everywhere in the text.')
          );
          return $form;
      }
      break;

    // Next is our "time tag" filter.
    case 1:

      switch ($op) {
        // This description is shown in the administrative interface, unlike the
        // filter tips which are shown in the content editing interface.
        case 'description':
          return t('Inserts the current time in the place of a &lt;time /&gt; tags.');

        // Since this filter will return a different result on each page load, we
        // need to return TRUE for "no cache" to ensure that the filter is run
        // every time the text is requested.
        case 'no cache':
          return TRUE;

        // This filter is a little trickier to implement than the previous one.
        // Since the input involves special HTML characters (< and >) we have to
        // run the filter before HTML is escaped/stripped by other filters. But
        // we want to use HTML in our result as well, and so if we run this filter
        // first our replacement string could be escaped or stripped. The solution
        // is to use the "prepare" operation to escape the special characters, and
        // to later replace our escaped version in the "process" step.
        //
        // We'll use the bytes 0xFE and 0xFF to replace < and > here. These bytes
        // are not valid in UTF-8 data and thus unlikely to cause problems.
        case 'prepare':
          return preg_replace('!<time ?/>!', '\xFEtime /\xFF', $text);

        // Now, in the "process" step, we'll search for our escaped time tags and
        // to the real filtering.
        case 'process':
          return str_replace('\xFEtime /\xFF', '<em>'. format_date(time()) .'</em>', $text);
      }
      break;
  }
}